Hub for vehicles.



No. 65l,083.' Patented June 5, 1900.

J. A. McLAUGHLI N. H'UB FOB VEHICLES.

(Application filed May 6, 1899.). (No Model.)

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.1 FFICEQ PATENT JAMES A. MOLAUGHLIN, OF JESUP, GEORGIA.

HUB FOR VEHICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 651,083, dated June 5,1900.

Application filed May 6, 1899. Serial No. 715,809. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, JAMES A. MCLAUGHLIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Jesup, in the county of WVayne and Stateof Georgia, haveinvented certain' new and useful Improvements in Hubs; and I do declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, refere'nce beinghad to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which 'form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to metallic wheelhubs and is applicable to wheelsof all kinds, but especially to vehicle-wheels.

It consists in a novel construction of the hub itself and includes abushing adapted to the hub which enables the wheelwright to accuratelytrue or right the wheel with reference to the axle.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side view of a vehicle-hub, partly insection, and showing the bushing and axle in position. Fig. 2 is an endview of a hub with nose-band, axle, and bush removed and partly insection on line 00 0c of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side, and Fig. 4 is an end,of the bushing.

The letter A indicates a hollow metallic hub cast in one piece andpreferably of malleable iron. Its nose-band I is preferably madeseparate and adapted to be screwed upon the hub.

B B are vertical annular flanges formed centrally on the hub, and b bare rivets to connect said flanges.

C is an inner annular rib or ridge formed centrally in the hub andhaving a deep central groove c, adapted to receive spokes D, andinortises c c in the bottom of said groove to receive the tenons d d ofthe spokes.

To secure lightness, a cavity E is molded in the hub, the bearings beingat the solid terminal parts of the hub.

The sides'and bottoms of the groove 0 prevent the axle-oil from reachingthe spokes ter, as shown in Fig. 4, by which means the wheel maybe truedexactlyon the axle, for

if a finished wheel overleans on either side either one or both bushingsare adjusted until the wheel is righted, which is readily done onaccount of the eccentricity of the bore.

The nose-band I is made detachable, so that when injured it canberemoved and repaired or be replaced by another or be exchanged for anornamental dust-guard 0r lubricating device adaptedto screw upon thehub.

K indicates an oilsupply tube of ordinary construction, by means ofwhich the axle may be lubricated through the hub-body.

What .I claim, and desire to secure, is

1. In a metallic vehicle-hub, longitudinal grooves in the ends of thehub, bushings with longitudinal ribs adapted to engage the grooves inthe hub ends, and eccentric bores in said bushings substantially as andforthe purpose specified.

2. A metallic hub in one piece, a detachable nose-band thereon, central,vertical, ex terior, annular flanges, integral with the hubbody andconnected by transverse rivets to each other, a central, annular ridgeintegral with and in the hub, an annular spoke-groove, andtenon-mortises in said ridge, longitudinal grooves in the hub ends, andannular eccentrically-bored bushings having exterior longitudinal ribsadapted to engage the grooves in the hub ends substantially as hereinset forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' JAMES A. MOLAUGHLIN.

Witnesses:

D. L. GITT, J. J. NELLIGAN.

